Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said Friday that George Zimmerman misled the court about how much money he had available when his bond was set for $150,000 in April. Prosecutors claim Zimmerman had $135,000 available that had been raised by a website he set up.Prosecutors also say he failed to surrender a second passport.
The defense says the finances are an innocent misunderstanding.

Prosecutors allege Zimmerman's wife knew about the donations her husband had collected through a PayPal account, but didn't mention the money at his bond hearing.
The account ultimately collected more than $200,000, his attorney later revealed."Defendant has intentionally deceived the court with the assistance of his wife," the motion says. "During the jail phone calls both of them spoke in code to hide what they were doing."
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the judge today that "this court was led to believe that they didn't have a single penny" at the earlier bond hearing.
Zimmerman's wife "flat out lied to this court," de la Rionda said. Lester agreed, revoking Zimmerman's bond. He must turn himself in, the judge said.

“And he can’t sit back and obtain the benefit of a lower bond or circumstances based upon those material falsehoods. That’s what they were. So at this time, revoke his bond, place him on no bond status. Find that good cause exists based upon the material misrepresentations that the court relied upon. Order him to surrender himself within 48 hours to the sheriff of Seminole county," Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester said.

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That really was a fucking retarded thing for Zimmerman to do. I mean, he had a fucking WEBSITE on the INTERNET to raise money and it was covered on the NEWS. He really thought nobody was going to say, "Hmm, wonder if he had any success with that website?"

State prosecutors said Zimmerman also had another passport he didn't disclose to the court.

Uh, what? Perhaps I'm a babe in the woods here, but unless you've got some sort of secret/false identity, how do you have a second passport? Is there a legal way to have two passports? Dual citizenship, perhaps?

Uh, what? Perhaps I'm a babe in the woods here, but unless you've got some sort of secret/false identity, how do you have a second passport? Is there a legal way to have two passports? Dual citizenship, perhaps?

That could refer to a passport book and a passport card as two distinct passports.

In recordings of conversations also released Friday, Zimmerman and his wife are heard talking cryptically about his second passport in a safety deposit box they shared. The two speak in code in the recording.

Originally Posted by omoplatypus

A Facebook comment with no source said that he applied for a replacement lost/stolen passport at some point and only turned in the old one.

That really was a fucking retarded thing for Zimmerman to do. I mean, he had a fucking WEBSITE on the INTERNET to raise money and it was covered on the NEWS. He really thought nobody was going to say, "Hmm, wonder if he had any success with that website?"

Originally Posted by It is Fake

I've been waiting for that to happen the second he admitted it was used for more than the bond and for his defense.

True, but we fucking knew he had the website weeks before the prosecution or the judge even had the case - why didn't they ask? Remember, this was the hearing during which Z apologized, which threw everyone for a loop and managed to derail the entire hearing. Is it really his fault, or is this just another politically-motivated action on behalf of the State of Florida?